Wrestle synonyms

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fight (related)

To gain by struggle

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To wrestle with an opponent by clutching or gripping.

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(Intransitive) to enter into an argument, conflict, dispute, or fight

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Scuffle is defined as to struggle or fight in a hurried or confused way.

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To have a tussle.

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(Countable) The act of one who wrestles; a struggle to achieve something.

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To engage in or as if in battle.

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To twist one's body with snakelike motions.

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The definition of strive is to try very hard or struggle.

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To make one's way with difficulty

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Toil is defined as to engage in difficult and continuous work.

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To move by pulling with great effort or exertion; drag:

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(Intransitive) To twist one's body to and fro with short, writhing motions; to squirm.

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Combat means to fight or struggle.

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To duel is defined as to fight.

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To dispute, argue, contend, attack, etc.

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To carry on, as a contest; to wage.

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go to the mat with

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conflict (related)

(Intransitive, with ‘with’) To overlap (with), as in a schedule.

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touch (related)

To touch a person or thing

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hand-to-hand struggle

the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat

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To strive in controversy or debate; dispute.

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(Gerund of grapple) An act in which something is grappled or grappled with

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(Intransitive) To twist or contort the body; to be distorted.

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To cut the worm, or lytta, from under the tongue of (a dog, etc.) for the purpose of checking a disposition to gnaw, and formerly supposed to guard against canine madness.

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To pull, break, or snap by turning:

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flirt (related)

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obsess (related)

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struggle with

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contend with

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perform in a wrestling bout

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wrassle

Eye dialect spelling of wrestle, representing African American Vernacular English.

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grunt and growl

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trade holds

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Find another word for wrestle. In this page you can discover 34 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for wrestle, like: fight, grapple, tangle, scuffle, tussle, wrestling, battle, squirm, strive, struggle and toil.